NonPro Shows
Dark Shadows, Episode 7 Review
“Episode 7.” Dark Shadows. ABC. Various stations. 5 July 1966. Returning to the realm of Dark Shadows, here is a new series of recaps/running commentary […]
Shows
Genre Love Stories: Nale and Sabine
Today, we’re going to talk about a type of love story you don’t see very often: one between evil characters. Specifically, the characters of Sabine […]
Animation Block: Dungeons and Dragons
Dipping back into the Marvel Productions well once more, the show Dungeons & Dragons was always a favorite of mine. Like many children of the […]
Genre Love Stories: Jubei and Kagero
This series, which will run through February because I guess it’s the month of love, will focus on love stories in the realm of fantasy, […]
Geekademia Status and More
Hi all, So you may be wondering where the freight train of Geekademia posts has gone, as it’s currently whittled down to just a few […]
Animation Block: The Legend of Prince Valiant
As said elsewhere, the 1990’s was a strange time for Western Animation. While most critics of the time and even today argue that animation is […]
Batman and Dracula and Otto and George!
Tonight at 7pm eastern (in Near Mint‘s normal hour) we’re airing the Geekademia special with comics-blogger extraordinaire Chris Sims! There hasn’t been this much Batman […]
Animation Block: Defenders of the Earth
By the mid-1980’s, Marvel Productions was on a roll. The success of G.I Joe and Transformers had spurred the company into attempting to do their […]
How Much Does Internet Criticism Matter?
While there are certainly those who look at critics as nothing more than people leeching off the work of those more talented than themselves, I […]
Geek Theories: What Happened to Schala in Chrono Trigger?
As video games go, I’ve long been a fan of JRPGs. While many are far from perfect, they do tend to create fascinating, elaborate worlds […]